Legal Opinion
Clapp v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1927No. 7582PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
This is a writ of error from a conviction on an indictment charging use of the mails in a scheme to defraud". The scheme, as set forth in the indictment, was as follows:
“That the said R. C. Clapp would cause to be inserted in various newspapers of general circulation within the state of Kansas, and elsewhere, certain advertisements to the effect that he, the said R. C. Clapp would employ men to run and operate gasoline filling stations, the said men thus employed to receive salaries and commissions, it being a part of the said scheme and so stated in the said…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Isaacs v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Hardy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
- Shelp v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1897
- Barrington v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Webb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Worthington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1933
- United States v. SoblenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Mack Dean v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Goode v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1932
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